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It is 1999 and we are guests at Celtic Manor in Coldra Woods, Newport, Gwent Wales. We stand on a rise adjacent to the golf course. While the dream of hosting the Ryder Cup is taking shape all around us, we are surveying the past. Below us is Caerleon, once a thriving outpost the Romans called Isca. Several valleys beyond the mist-shrouded hillocks alongside the River Wye, directly to our east, lie the storied remains of Chepstow Castle and Tintern Abbey.

Magpies, their black and white feathers dappled by sun rays streaking through low scudding clouds, swoop from their pine tree perches. Haughtily, they strut across the precise, perfect lawn casting wry glances at a trio of men huddled nearby. One takes a decisive shot, unruffled by the chattering birds, following the ball with his eyes as it soars over the lake and well bunkered green to a prime landing site within easy range of the targeted hole. Read the rest of this entry »